Post 4: File Management

Task one:
You will need to explain how asset management and file management are are applied in the development of digital media outcomes.

Assets

Blender has many assets that make it unique from other animation software. All the models are displayed on the top right which you can tweak or change. They are organised like folders which makes it easy to find models. You can toggle between models to either make them invisible if you're focusing on something like the bone infrastructure inside the model. You can also organize scenes which you can have different models like houses, trees, weather or etc. Other assets are objects that are used in blender like the lamp, camera, point lamp and etc. these are important for the creation of an animation.
The X, Y and Z axis is one of the helpful assets in Blender. It helps people determine where the model or object is in the scene. This can be used to manually move the object in an X, Y or Z axis. This is helpful for moving objects only in an axis ie. moving something to the right without increasing the elevation of the object. The colors determine which axis it is and the arrows point where the axis is.
The red arrow is the X axis which is the front and back , the green arrow is the Y axis which is right and left and the blue arrow is the Z axis which is the elevation of the model shown in the picture.
There are different options that can change the model using the X, Y and Z axis like the option which rotates the model or object using axis.




File Management

File management is important in the creation of a project. Without file management all the models and scenes will be scattered which will be hard to search for when needed. Setting up a file network is the first step to have a good file management. Naming the files specifically is the next step so you can determine which file is for something. File management plays an important role in achieving a really good animation because in order to have a clean and organised animation you first must have good file management.
Examples of having good file management is having specific files in one folder. This helps you find the file you want faster without searching other folders. The more specific the name of your folder is, the faster you find what you want especially if it's for school or work. Another example is naming the actual file which is the huge problem in searching for what you want. Typical people usually slams the keyboard when they're naming or saving something which is hard for them to look for the file when they want it. Pictures are the most common files that people make up random name when they're saving it. Naming files correctly will help a lot when trying to find a specific file especially documents. The hard thing about naming files is actually not being lazy to do it which is the reason people encourage you to always name your files correctly.

Task two:
For this task you will need to discuss the importance effective and appropriate asset management and file management in the development of a digital outcome

While I was working on my animation in Blender, the mirroring of the model was a really helpful asset to me because it saved me a lot of time. If I didn't the mirror trick I would have taken longer trying to make the right side equal to the left. The transform menu was a effective asset for me as it helped me manipulate the model easier than I thought. I chose the option where I could use the X,Y and Z axis to rotate my model so that I can have a clean, straight rotation like for example the rotation of my model's arm and legs when I was doing my walk cycle. This was an effective decision because my model was moving smoothly on my animation. Blender hot keys are really east to learn which makes everything faster which is effective for quick animations. The bone structure in Blender is a really good asset for making the model because all you have to do is move the bones as you would do with yours. This helps me a lot due to the fact that is basic and simple to move. Overall Blender has really good assets especially when it's a free software that people use more due to the fact that it's free. I think Blender would actually beat other animation software in most categories.
File management is important in the creation of an animation because it keeps files and folders clean and organised. This is effective not only on an animation but for other things like school work, personal documents, and etc. File management helped me with my animation by keeping my files organised even though I didn't have lots of models or scene. I made a decision where I could just not make folders for the animation because Blender might not find or detect it which I will have to change the file path of the animation file. It was effective on when I rendered my animation and I had to make a file which was filled up with the different pictures that we're the movement of my model. Reminding myself to name my files correctly is hard especially when I'm rushing because I don't think about it. Without file management it would be harder for me to find the pictures or the model which will consume most of my time trying to find the file I want.
This is a bad example of asset management because all the models aren't organised in different sections. This example has all the assets in just a scene, there are no folders to determine which asset is for. One other problem is that there are no appropriate names for different kinds of objects like the character, camera and lighting. This will cause confusion in the future when you have a really large project that requires a lot of models and lighting. Best way to avoid confusion is to name every single asset to their purpose. For example armature could be named as your main character which will separate it from other characters.